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Comorbidity phenotypes and risk of mortality in patients with osteoarthritis in the UK: a latent class analysis.
Arthritis research & therapy - 13 Oct 2022
Zemedikun Dawit T, Lee Helena, Nirantharakumar Krishnarajah, Raza Karim, Chandan Joht Singh, Lord Janet M, Jackson Thomas A
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BACKGROUND: Osteoarthritis (OA) is a common chronic condition but its association with other chronic conditions and mortality is largely unknown. This study aimed to use latent class analysis (LCA) of 30 comorbidities in patients with OA and matched controls without OA to identify clusters of comorbidities and examine the associations between the clusters, opioid use, and mortality. METHODS: A matched cohort...
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